MMORPG: The Elementalist

Chapter 634: The Divine Champion—Endless Battle’s Promise

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

“So, you’re finally here?”

The strongest leader of the Angel Faction, the Warrior of Endless Battle, was still calmly admiring the plum blossoms in the courtyard when the winner of the Grand Tournament, Qin Ruo, approached him.

“...”

Qin Ruo was surprised as he looked at the Warrior of Endless Battle—questions loomed in his mind.

The fabled the Warrior of Endless Battle was dressed in ordinary cotton clothing. Other than having the size and body-build of a Warrior, he didn’t look attention-grabbing at all. In fact, even the guards at the gates of Moonrise City looked way more intimidating than him.

However, Qin Ruo could feel a sense of mystery and beauty in the Warrior of Endless Battle’s movements.

There was a sense of peacefulness in the air. Everything in the courtyard, including the soil, air, grass, wood... everything had fused together, forming a beautiful and peaceful painting.

It felt so serene!

As Qin Ruo approached the Warrior of Endless Battle, a weird feeling was felt stronger and stronger with every step closer to the Castellan.

Qin Ruo couldn’t see anything that was wrong with his eyes. When he tried to use his Elemental Perception, the usually gentle and cooperating water element evaded him.

This had never happened before!

The air humidity was gradually getting lower by the minute. This, in turn, decreased the density of the water element in the surrounding area. A sense of a misty mystery radiated from the Warrior of Endless Battle, negating and canceling Qin Ruo’s Elemental Perception.

What was going on?!

Qin Ruo was surprised as he looked at the calm and quiet the Warrior of Endless Battle.

Although he didn’t know how he did it, Qin Ruo knew that this was the Warrior of Endless Battle’s doing!

“So, this is what the Divine Champions are capable of? They can... they can change the elements’ strength and density in the air?” Qin Ruo inhaled sharply as he thought this.

He pondered for about two seconds.

By then, Qin Ruo’s Elemental Perception was already completely negated by the Warrior of Endless Battle. Closing his eyes, he could see nothing except darkness within a hundred radius meters.

Qin Ruo tried to manipulate and gather the water elements toward him and as expected, they seemingly struggling, had taken twice or thrice the time to form an Aquarampart behind him. The speed of the water elements’ accumulation was astoundingly slow.

“Is this...”

Qin Ruo finally spoke.

“Is this the strength of a Divine Champion?”

As he finished speaking, a smile appeared on the Warrior of Endless Battle’s face. Impressed, he turned to Qin Ruo and replied, “... it’s as expected of the holder of the Golden Battle Flag in the Grand Tournament. Your perception and instinct are impressive.”

Pausing momentarily, the strongest Warrior in the Angel Faction continued, “I’ve heard about you from Delia. Being the leader of the Fallen Angels League, you’ve done most of the work to fend off the invasion of the Underworld. Other than that, you also participated in the siege of Sin City. And not only that, you’ve now grabbed hold of the Golden Battle Flag for the Angel Faction, bringing glory to our faction... thus, other than the Golden Battle Flag, I can, on behalf of the Angel Faction, grant you another prize.”

“There are more prizes?” Qin Ruo’s eyes beamed when he heard this.

“Yes.”

The Warrior of Endless Battle replied with a smile. “The Golden Battle Flag’s reward is the reward that the Warrior of Eternal Vigilance from the Demon Faction and I agreed on. Whoever who could get the flag would earn the reward. You’ve beaten the people from the Demon Faction, slapping Eternal Vigilance’s face for me indirectly. As the Castellan of Moonrise City, I could grant you some prizes under the table. It isn’t a big deal... now, tell me. What do you desire?”

Holy cow! This Divine Champion was so generous! How exciting!

‘It’s not every day that one could scam a Divine Champion. I should not let this chance slide!’

As countless obscenely weird ideas flashed in his mind, like “a thousand Divinity Crystals” or “ten Ultimate Boss eggs” or “several sets of Demigod gears”, Qin Ruo found that there were so many things that he wanted. Unable to make up his mind, Qin Ruo couldn’t help but ask Endless Battle.

“I can ask for anything I want? Anything at all?”

“Of course not.”

The Warrior of Endless Battle shook his head with a smile, “I’m not omnipotent after all. If you want me to catch Hades and make him your pet... or make you into a Divine Champion... these, I can’t do.”

‘Oh dang, these were great prizes to ask for. How the heck didn’t I think of that?’

Qin Ruo looked at the Warrior of Endless Battle curiously. “So, as long as it’s something that’s within your abilities, you could grant that prize?” Perhaps it was because he realized that this was a huge favor that he could ask from the Divine Champion, Qin Ruo’s tone subconsciously turned serious.

The Warrior of Endless Battle nodded and replied, “Yes, within my abilities. Of course, not something that’s too much.”

Qin Ruo carefully asked, “Perhaps... a full set of Demigod equipment?”

Although it would take a long time before he reached Level 60, it would be very beneficial to Qin Ruo if he could acquire a full set of Demigod equipment right now. When he inadvertently advanced to Tier 6 in the future, Qin Ruo could unlock his Demigod equipment’s full potential at one go!

The first phase would grant him 100 Vitality; the second phase would increase 30% of the effective time of his De-buff Magic attack; the third phase would raise his Intelligence by 50 points; the fourth phase would decrease the cooldown of his Teleportation Spell to three minutes.

He would be invincible!

However, the answer he got was disappointing...

“Demigod equipment?”

The Warrior of Endless Battle replied, “If you want equipment, there’s no problem. However... I can only give you only one piece of the equipment, not a full set... now, Demigod equipment... are you sure?”

“No... No.”

Qin Ruo shook his head so hard it felt as though his head was spinning like a wheel.

This was such a great opportunity to claim as much as he could from a Divine Champion. It wouldn’t take long for him to acquire another piece of Demigod equipment. What good would just one piece of the equipment do? Even if he added that one piece that he would get from the Golden Battle Flag, at best it would only raise his HP by 1000 points. And that was it.

Although he didn’t mind to raise his own strength, Qin Ruo had now forfeited the idea. He needed to find a way to maximize the benefit and profit from this favor that the Warrior of Endless Battle granted him.

‘What should I ask for?’ Qin Ruo pondered.

‘I can only ask for one piece of equipment... I don’t need another Monster Egg...’

‘What about a city?’

As he thought of this, Qin Ruo inquired carefully, “What about a city? Could you give me a city?” Then, he looked at the smiling the Warrior of Endless Battle.

“You, the Castellan, are the handler of Project Pioneer and we, the Fallen Angels, are fully qualified to be stationed at the Underworld and to build a city!”

“So... the prize I want is... to have the Fallen Angels clear the Pioneer Quest right away!”

“...”

The Warrior of Endless Battle didn’t think Qin Ruo would set his eyes on the City Building System. He looked at Qin Ruo and frowned for a moment before replying, “The Fallen Angels League is indeed qualified to participate in Project Pioneer. Your Honor points, Reputation points, and number of League members fulfill the requirement. I can allow that. However...”

“Building a city in the Underworld is no simple feat. Your League must endure a long excruciating test and battle first... if I had to send someone to help you pass the test, the Fallen Angel League would find itself engulfed in much harsher struggles and battles right away. It would be like throwing your men into hell and raising the difficulty by two notches. Thus, I shouldn’t agree to this.”

Hearing this, Qin Ruo realized that Endless Battle had misunderstood his words.

“No, I mean... is it possible for you to grant us the permission to bypass all the prerequisite expenses to register for the Project Pioneer so that we could acquire the quest right away.”

They not only required a lot of NPC artisans and Demigod Portal Handlers to build a city in the Underworld, they need a lot of stones and wood.

These needed an obscene amount of money.

The total expense of building a city was 20 billion gold coins.

In other words, that was two billion Chinese Yuan!

Even though Qin Ruo had made a lot of preparation—even going as far as utilizing the savings of all five clans within the League, the acquired funds were barely enough for the Fallen Angels to survive in the Underworld. If they could bypass this expense, it would be great news for the Fallen Angels!

This wasn’t something a piece of Demigod equipment could do.

***

“Eliminating the expense?”

The Warrior of Endless Battle was stunned.

He didn’t think the prize that Qin Ruo wanted was so realistic and materialistic.

“I can do that.”

The Warrior of Endless Battle nodded. “It’s decided then. All the expenses of the Fallen Angels, the human resource and building materials, would all be covered by the Angel Faction...”

As he finished his words, a system message rang in Qin Ruo’s ears.

Project Pioneer activated!

Obtained a piece of Teleportation Seal!

***

As he walked out of the Castellan Mansion, Qin Ruo was still looking at the small ashen hexagon seal in his hand.

The Teleportation Seal was so smooth that it felt like a cobblestone. The sides on the hexagon seal felt so smooth that it was fun to play with it.

However, Qin Ruo was quite surprised by its price—this little stone was worth 20 billion gold coins!

Other than that, this little stone was enchanted with a mega huge Warp Portal. And it was a portal that had locked-on teleportation—connecting it to the Mythical Continent itself.

Now, all that Qin Ruo needed to do was to head into the Underworld and pick a good spot to build his city. Then, he would need to activate the stone and send all the artisans and Portal Handlers through the huge Warp Portal. The Warrior of Endless Battle had prepared all the building materials, the stones and wood, so he needed to transport those over too.

Of course, Qin Ruo wasn’t going to enter the Underworld right away.

Project Pioneer had started, sure, but there was no need for him to barge into the Underworld without any preparation.

He had planned to start his work tomorrow. The five clans within the Fallen Angels League needed time to prepare too.

Besides, he himself needed time to observe and scout the Underworld.

He needed time to find the perfect spot for the Fallen Angels’ city to set its foothold on.